Thousands of tourists among those evacuated amid intense wildfire in France | Wildfires
More than 20,000 people, including thousands of tourists from campsites and other holiday accommodation, have been evacuated as…
Why safe water is still lacking in the Marajó Archipelago, one of the world’s most water-abundant regions
In the Brazilian Amazon, water is not simply a natural resource. For many rural communities, it shapes mobility,…
Drought, water shortages and crop failures: how does the medieval warm period compare with today?
A heatwave lasting four months, followed by water shortages and crop failures. This is England in the 13th…
One billion plastic pellets spilled into River Tyne after two ships collide | Pollution
Approximately a billion tiny plastic nurdles have entered the River Tyne after a “devastating spill”, with the pellets…
Legal logging and soaring saplings: the ‘green islands’ bucking the deforestation trend in central America | Environment
The low rumbling grows louder until a huge harvester crashes into the open, dragging a 15-metre trunk of…
Arizona hub to process 25,000 tpa of e-waste for rare earth recovery
Millions of discarded laptops, server drives, and electric motors sitting in waste streams hold the key to North…
Arctic: Climate change is making Beavers expand into Canada’s Arctic, where their dams are changing the landscape
North American beavers began colonising parts of Arctic in 2008. (Getty images) Beavers who are normally found in…
Fleeing Canada’s wildfires: Massive wall of smoke and flames descends
At first, all Miiyah Paavola could see was a thick wall of smoke. From her home in Namaygoosisagagun…
California deploys 400 goats and sheep as ‘firefighters’ to eat an invasive weed fuelling wildfires and threatening native ecosystems | World News
As California prepares for another intense wildfire season, an unlikely team of firefighters has taken to the fields…
Gold Coast City Council CEO Tim Baker abruptly resigns
The boss of the Gold Coast City Council has abruptly resigned. Tim Baker was appointed as chief executive…
More than half of Earth’s migratory bird species are declining – here’s how we can still save them
Every year, billions of migratory birds connect the world’s continents, oceans and ecosystems as they undertake epic journeys…
Climate crisis-driven heat ‘sucking soils dry’ as extreme drought hits Europe | Drought
Extreme heat supercharged by the climate crisis is sucking Europe dry in summer and intensifying the drought hitting…